1,199 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Tallulah Bankhead, the celebrated stage and film actress, performing 'What Do I Care' and 'Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me' on HMV B3687, a spoken-word or light vocal side from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3687 Personalities (Prs)
Ted Lewis performing two sentimental ballads on Columbia CB74. Lewis (1890–1971) was an American entertainer, singer and bandleader with an enormous career spanning vaudeville, Broadway and recordings from the 1910s onward.AI summary
Columbia CB74 Personalities (Prs)
Ted Lewis, the 'Me and My Clarinet' entertainer and bandleader, on two novelty songs from the mid-1920s for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia CB204 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia L1188 Personalities (Prs)
Teddy Brown was an American novelty performer and drummer known for recordings on various labels. 'Happy Days are here again' and 'Handsome Gigolo' were recorded for Broadcast, a small British label. Brown's career spanned the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 538 Personalities (Prs)
Capitol CL14178 Personalities (Prs)
Decca F2141 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice B10701 Personalities (Prs)
Three Ginx recorded 'Sweep' and 'Sundown in a Little Green Hollow' for Broadcast, catalogue 3334; Broadcast was a small British label active in the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Broadcast 3334 Personalities (Prs)
Winner 5395 Personalities (Prs)
Tod Slaughter, the master of theatrical melodrama on record, performing the classic penny dreadful "Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn" for Regal. Slaughter's spirited recitations were hugely popular in Britain.AI summary
Regal 611 Personalities (Prs)
Tod Slaughter, a celebrated actor of Victorian melodrama, performing an excerpt from Maria Marten on Regal.AI summary
Regal 612 Personalities (Prs)
Tod Slaughter, the actor and theatrical performer famous for his melodramatic portrayals of villains, recorded an episode from his stage vehicle 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' for Regal, with parts 3 and 4 on this 78. Slaughter recorded a series of monologues and dramatic scenes for various labels in the 1930s, and his theatrical recordings are rare.AI summary
Regal 717 Personalities (Prs)
Tod Slaughter, the British actor famous for melodramatic villain roles and stage productions of Victorian blood-curdlers, recorded 'Sweeney Todd' in two acts for Regal; a performance piece from his repertoire, likely recorded in the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Regal MR716 Personalities (Prs)
Tod Slaughter, the celebrated stage and film melodrama actor famous for playing murderous villains, performs the third and fourth acts of his signature role in 'Sweeney Todd' on Regal.AI summary
Regal MR717 Personalities (Prs)
Tod Slaughter and Company performing 'Maria Marten' parts 3 and 4 on Regal Records. Slaughter was a British actor and theatrical personality, famous for melodramatic stage productions and recordings of crime narratives.AI summary
Regal MR612 Personalities (Prs)
Zonophone 620 Personalities (Prs)
Tom Walls — the British actor and director celebrated for the Aldwych farces — performing 'Beautiful Honolulu' on HMV C665. Film and stage celebrity recordings are a distinct collecting category; Walls is a recognised name in British entertainment history.AI summary
His Master's Voice C665 Personalities (Prs)
Tom Walls and J. Hylton with The Derby 1932 in two sides on Decca F3027.AI summary
Decca F3027 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Clayton recorded 'Round and round' and 'Marianne' (credited to Moonlighters) for WandG, catalogue 378. WandG is an unrecognised British label.AI summary
WandG 378 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley was one of Britain's most popular radio comedians, best remembered for the wartime series ITMA; this is a test pressing on the Metropole label, the type of one-off disc cut to check a recording ahead of release.AI summary
Metropole TEST Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley, the British comedian best known for his radio work, on Broadcast 349 with 'Casabianca' and 'I kiss your Hand Madame'.AI summary
Broadcast 349 Personalities (Prs)
BBC 30270/2 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley, the British comedian and star of the long-running radio show ITMA, recorded this solo piece for Columbia early in his career. Handley was one of the most celebrated entertainers of the 1940s, but this is an acoustic-era record from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB9 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley, the star of the radio comedy series *It's That Man Again*, in Columbia sides playing his comic character. Handley was hugely popular in wartime Britain and this became one of his catchphrases.AI summary
Columbia FB2303 Personalities (Prs)
Broadcast 3133 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley, the British radio and music-hall comedian, performing 'Why' and 'Love Wonderful Love' on Piccadilly 158.AI summary
Piccadilly 158 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley on Piccadilly 222, performing 'Lino is Linoleum' and 'Misery Farm', comic monologues. Handley was a celebrated British radio comedian and variety performer.AI summary
Piccadilly 222 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley, the celebrated British radio comedian, on Piccadilly 325, performing sketches 'When I Met Connie in the Cornfield' and 'Oh Amelia' — early recordings of a star entertainer on a budget label.AI summary
Piccadilly 325 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Handley, the celebrated British comedian, in 'It's that Man again' and 'Tomsky the great Counter Spy' on Columbia FB2303. Handley was a major radio star whose catchphrase 'It's that man again' gave the show ITMA its name.AI summary
Columbia FB2303 Personalities (Prs)
Regal 9365 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Trinder, the British comedian and entertainer, performing two novelty and comedy songs on Columbia: 'Happy Go Lucky Song' and 'All Over the Place'.AI summary
Columbia FB2531 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Trinder, the British comedian and entertainer, performing comedy material on Columbia: 'Mr Chumley' and 'Pilgrim Family'—examples of his variety act.AI summary
Columbia FB2552 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Trinder, the British comedian and stage entertainer, recorded 'Stage Show' and 'S'artnoon' for Columbia in the post-war years; this is a mass-market variety side.AI summary
Columbia FB2553 Personalities (Prs)
Tommy Trinder, a British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'Arf of 'Arf and 'Arf' and 'Come on Algernon' on Columbia FB3051; these are typical of his comic material from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB3051 Personalities (Prs)
Polyphon 8970 Personalities (Prs)
T. S. Eliot, the poet and literary figure, reciting his own poem 'East Coker' (from Four Quartets) on His Master's Voice. Eliot's own recordings of his work are rare and historically significant documents.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3599 Personalities (Prs)
T. S. Eliot reading sections of his 1941 poem 'The Dry Salvages' on His Master's Voice, part of his wartime poetry recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3601 Personalities (Prs)
T. S. Eliot's Little Gidding, the last of the Four Quartets (1942), in two parts on HMV C3602.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3602 Personalities (Prs)
T. S. Eliot, the poet, reading the third and fourth sections of his 1942 poem 'Little Gidding' on His Master's Voice. This is a literary recording rather than music, part of Eliot's own spoken-word recordings made during the Second World War.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3603 Personalities (Prs)
Turner Layton, a successful American vaudeville performer and singer of the 1920s–30s, recorded on this Columbia medley of hillbilly songs (FB1204).AI summary
Columbia FB1204 Personalities (Prs)
Uncle David performs nursery songs 'Simple Simon' and 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' on OlivO 6.AI summary
Oliver O6 Personalities (Prs)
Credited to Uncle Dick on OlivO, an unidentified small British label. The catalogue number 2 suggests an early pressing. The titles are nursery rhymes or children's songs.AI summary
Oliver O2 Personalities (Prs)
Uncle Harold recorded two nursery rhymes, 'Little Bo-peep' and 'Farmer in the Dell', on OlivO 1. The catalogue number 1 suggests this was an experimental or very early issue from an obscure label.AI summary
Oliver O1 Personalities (Prs)
Oliver O1 Personalities (Prs)
Oliver O1 Personalities (Prs)
An 'Uncle Henry' performing nursery rhymes on OlivO, an unidentified British label.AI summary
Oliver O3 Personalities (Prs)
Uncle Jack recorded 'I Love Little Pussy' and 'Where Are You Going to My Pretty Maid' for OlivO 8. Both are nursery rhymes or traditional songs; OlivO is an unidentified label.AI summary
Oliver O8 Personalities (Prs)